Deuteronomy 4:17
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The similitude of any beasts, that are upon the earth, or of birds, that fly under heaven,

Deuteronomy 20:4 Because the Lord your God is in the midst of you, and will fight for you against your enemies, to deliver you from danger.

, the reason of which prohibition becomes self-evident, when the various objects of Egyptian idolatry are considered.

Romans 1:23 And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of the image of a corruptible man and of birds, and of fourfooted beasts and of creeping things.

Context
Warning Against Idolatry
16Lest perhaps being deceived you might make you a graven similitude, or image of male or female, 17The similitude of any beasts, that are upon the earth, or of birds, that fly under heaven,18Or of creeping things, that move on the earth, or of fishes, that abide in the waters under the earth:…
Cross References
Romans 1:23
And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of the image of a corruptible man and of birds, and of fourfooted beasts and of creeping things.

Deuteronomy 4:18
Or of creeping things, that move on the earth, or of fishes, that abide in the waters under the earth:

Lexicon
of any
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

beast
בְּהֵמָ֖ה (bə·hê·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal

on the earth
בָּאָ֑רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

or bird
צִפּ֣וֹר (ṣip·pō·wr)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6833: A little bird

that
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

flies
תָּע֖וּף (tā·‘ūp̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5774: To fly, to faint

in the air,
בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (baš·šā·mā·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky


Additional Translations
of any beast on the earth or bird that flies in the air,The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flies in the air,

the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flieth in the heavens,

the likeness of any beast of those that are on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird which flies under heaven,

the pattern of any beast that is on the earth, the pattern of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,

the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,

The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,

the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,

a form of any beast which is in the earth -- a form of any winged bird which flieth in the heavens --
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